110 | Issue 115 | August 2018
Scan Magazine | Culture | Music
Scandinavian music By Karl Batterbee
The great one is back. And this time
it is not a collaboration, a remix, or a
feature; it is a new Robyn single – the
first ‘just’ Robyn single in eight years.
Missing U was released at the beginning
of this month, and it is precisely the kind
of song we all wanted from her: a shim-
mering synth-pop production that ex-
udes joyful euphoria, balanced out by a
heart-wrenching melody set to lyrics of
loss. So classic Robyn then – and utterly
brilliant.
Following on from his stint representing
Sweden at Eurovision in May, Benjamin
Ingrosso is back with a brand new sin-
gle, I Wouldn’t Know. A million miles
away from “d-d-dance you off”, he has
ditched the Daft Punk-lite electro-pop in
favour of something that already resem-
bles a summer radio staple. This guy
knows how to produce a sun-soaked,
feel-good pop song. And I Wouldn’t
Know is going to see me right through
to the colder months. At the very least.A banging dance tune is hurtling out
of Norway right now: This Time by Bad
Geckos. Deliriously catchy and exceed-
ingly well-produced, before the second
chorus has even begun the whole thing
has revealed itself to be quite the sing-
along anthem – though perhaps not in
front of your parents, what with those
oh-so forward lyrics and all that.Finally, let me finish with a beauty of
a song that was released a few weeks
back but has unfortunately gone some-
what under the radar: the new sin-
gle from little-known Swedish artist
Emma-Lee Andersson aka Bellhouse. It
is called Mess, and it is the sort of song
that is so simple in its presentation –and appeal – that to try to describe it
sort of misses the point. The chorus is
a gut-punch that may well leave you in
one those messes she sings of.http://www.scandipop.co.uk
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